10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 3, 2020
And I am in the southeast of Europe. It’s similar with birds: good birds never come if you have a way of documenting them. published in the US as “Birds of Europe”), shows only a male in breeding plumage. Oh, who’d go back home now? My favourite poplar tree. mi2 of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade, Serbia.
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2015
The genus Passer has several well-recognized and recognizable species in Europe, and still holds several enigmas. Then there is the fact that indicus sparrows tend to avoid human habitations while domesticus doesn’t, leading to sympatric breeding with a disputed amount of hybridisation.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2012
There has been a Little Owl living in this hollow branch for at least 3 years as documented in Simon’s Mote Park Blog and it is assumed to be the same individual though I am not sure whether it is a she or a he. Did I say British? They integrated well and have been warmly welcomed as part of the UK’s wild avifauna now.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2018
It is the largest woodpecker in Europe (to describe its size, I’ll tell you that Goldeneyes breed in the holes this pecker makes). I usually end the day watching the sunset underneath the buttresses of the mediaeval Ram Fortress (cover photo), mentioned for the first time in a historical document from the year 1128.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Appendices list all vagrant species; “hypothetical species”—20 species reported by reliable observers but not well documented; and “more species to watch for in NCA”—20 species that should be showing up based on historical records, birds of neighboring countries and migratory patterns. He currently lives in Peru.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
and species breeding in cavities are less affected. The Usutu Virus has spread considerably in central Europe over the last 10 years. The first detection outside Africa occurred in Vienna/Austria between 2001 and 2006.
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